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THE HARBOUR VIEW
FOOTBALL CLUB
celebrates it's
30th Anniversary (March 4th,1974)
all season long 2003- 2004.
Since the days when
the eager citizens of Harbour View grouped together
at the Harbour View Primary School halls to meet
and greet each other all around The love of football
mostly then at the Minor League Under 16 years
level before taking the conscious decision to enter
the Major League in September 1974 after electing
officers in the newly formed Harbour View Football Club
previously named after the community only – Harbour View.
HARBOUR
VIEW RETAINS THE LEAD ON 43 POINTS TO END THE SECOND ROUND OF
THE PREMIER LEAGUE
Fabian Taylor strikes goal
number 18 to continue his goal-rush.
The
Prison Oval erupted in the second minute of play when Patrick
Beech’s shot was parried into the path of Denzil Hyatt who
shot goalwards for Leeroy Grey to once again block but not
totally as the pace of the kick rested in the back of the net.
Beech raced across the turf in jubilation quickly followed by
his teammates as the crowd roared the prison shook and the
discotheque bellowed chants of victory through songs.
Rivoli had sounded its warning
of a battle cry, the lines are drawn and first blood shed.
Harbour View never read the
script and so onward and forward they strove ever looking
dangerous always sniffing around they opponents goalmouth with
a chilling accuracy in possession but not yet climaxing the
final product, goal. Dino Williams first kicked over the bar
from 12 yards, followed by Fabian Taylor’s header hit the
upright then McCreath pulling wide from close in. The pressure
mounted and the robust tackling of the central defenders only
delayed the inevitable as the resultant free-kicks from
Jermaine Hue never hit the target until minute 22 when he
curved a trademark left-footer from 23 yards hit the
‘pigeon-hole’, 1-1.
Ten minutes later Hue again
stormed the penalty area to square to Donald Stewart who hit
one-time into the far corner through the legs of a defender as
it went wide of the goalkeeper.
2-1 as the second half begun
but everyone awaited the final rites to be fulfilled as Fabian
Taylor was yet to score on his former home-ground, he is in
good form, hungry and competent. He obliged when Dino Williams
square was headed into the far post but as Donald Stewart
guided it over the line the referee ruled he used his hand to
assist him as Donald protested he only achieved a caution for
his troubles. Fabian returned soon thereafter to turn his
defender and then slip it towards the far side of the goal
away from the goalkeeper to close out the score sheet 3-1
around the 72nd minute.
The end of the second round had
come and Harbour View once again lead the League on 43 points,
second is Tivoli Gardens 42, Portmore 41, Waterhouse 39,
Village 38 and Rivoli 36 round out the top six clubs.
The third round begins on
Sunday February 1st with two rounds of six clubs each playing
5 games at home and away.
HARBOUR VIEW TRASHES STAR COSMOS BY 3-0 TO TAKEOVER THE
PREMIERSHIP LEAD.
Under 21 squad roars into the End of Second Round Finals
with resounding 8-0 victory.
In a spirited performance at
the Compound both junior and senior teams left homesters
smiling as they danced and pranced around the disorganised
Star Cosmos teams to takeover leadership positions in varied
ways. Firstly leading the overall Premier League standings on
40 points, Leading the standings in the second round of the
Under 21 with 17 points, then qualifying for those finals next
Sunday, leading goalscorers in both divisions Fabian Taylor in
the seniors with 17 goals and Kemar Petrekin in the juniors
with 14 goals.
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Leading Goal Scorers |
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Fabian
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Kemar
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UNDER 21:
Early in the day a purposeful
Under 21 unit went about their chores with a plumb lead by
Kemar Petrekin (1Oth minute) followed by Akeem Priestley (12th
minute) then Michily Waul (29th minute) that left Harbour View
with a comfortable 3-0 lead at the halftime.
The second half of the second
half was a perfect replica of the first with Petrekin followed
by Priestley followed by Waul to raise the 6-0 target against
the second round group leaders before the start of the game.
The third replica was tarnished only by the missed chance of
Petrekin as both Priestley then Waul completed their hatricks
as the polished off a classy performance with late goals in
minutes 86 and 89 respectively.
We wish you
all the best of luck in your End of Round Final next weekend
against Arnett Gardens at Arnett Gardens.
PREMIER LEAGUE:
Recently
embarassed by come from behind losses the ‘Stars of the East’
still smarting came to the game in an assertive tone dominated
from early on as missed opportunities amounting to seven went
abegging due to hasty shooting, bad selections and a well
positioned goalkeeping halted the start of scoring until
minute 44 when Jermaine Hue curled a trademark free-kick
around the wall and into the far upright from 21 yards out.
Before that Leeroy Grey had to
dive full length to his right to make a two handed save low
down to a well struck but poorly placed penalty conceded when
Lovell Palmer handled the ball on its way goalward.
The second half heralded the
beginning of the end for Star Cosmos as goalgetter Fabian
Taylor started by finishing off two more constructive moves by
newly found midfielder Nicholas McCreath, who shaken right
then left before darting straight and centre to his created
path goalwards where he unleahesd a thunderous right-footer
which was blocked but fell into the path of Taylor who struck
with venom to score. This was followed by McCreath next
stellar move to pass to Taylor and the later to oblige inside
the far post in minute 75. The fat lady had sung as Jermaine
Hue turned on the thrills with combinations with McCreath and
Donald ‘Fouly’ Stewart to ease the tension towards the end.
Fabian Taylor
was voted ‘Player of the Month’ for the month of December
again after achieving the status in September 2003,
Congratulations Fabian!!
This
Wednesday January 21st HARBOUR VIEW PLAYS RIVOLI UNITED at
Spanish Town Prison Oval at 3:00pm..
HARBOUR
VIEW RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEFEAT RENO 2-0 AT HOME.
A Fabian Taylor second half
brace, shots him into the lead.
After outstanding goalkeeping
by the Reno custodian in the first hour had kept the Harbour
View marksmen at bay the determined attackers were bent on
overcoming the drought of not getting maximum points and even
moreso the bitter disappointment of the Village United debacle
on their most recent home game some two weeks ago.
The newly acquired habit of
leading then crumbling was pleasingly absent today after a
three-man midfield combination including Jermaine Hue and
Donald Stewart before releasing the fleet-footed Nicholas
McCreath pass his marker down the right side of the penalty
area while turning inside a pinpoint square that was gleefully
met with aplumb by Taylors’ header some 8 yards out to break
the deadlock after 76 minutes, much to the delight of the
crowd.
The celebrations had hardly
died down when McCreath was again swinging by a defender into
the now fruitful right-sided channel before picking out his
strike partner Fabian Taylor at the near post this time his
deflected right-footer glanced by the wall of defenders to
score his fifteenth of the season and re-establishes him as
the number one hitman once again. He buried the memory of
being strechered of last Sunday by a Ian Goodison right-handed
punch that went unpunished, not so today as he unleashed his
anger on the next available opponent. Somehow you get the
feeling that many more is going to suffer and many more will
have to die, as Taylor demonstrates his class for all to see.
The newly acquired transfer of
Gregg Gardner the former Constant Spring goalscorer added much
needed punch to the frontline as Nicholas McCreath established
himself as a competent midfielder and so too we must commend
Dino Williams on his outstanding second half display from the
right back position that showed a lot of high quality football
in both defence and attack.
HARBOUR VIEW UNDER 21 TEAM TROUNCE HAPLESS RENO 5-0, TO REMAIN
ON TARGET FOR A END OF 2nd ROUND PLACE IF WE DEFEAT STAR
COSMOS NEXT SUNDAY.
Another goal by Kemar Petrekin
pushes his tally to 13 and keeps him atop the goalscoring
chart in that division, while a 9th minute 20 yard left-footed
volley from 16 year old Anthony Christie and a 22nd minute
goal from left back Kevin Woolery helped ‘The Stars of the
East’ to a 3-0 lead at the halftime.
Goals from Andre ‘Antsman’
Whyte and defender Theodore Washington sealed the issue late
in the game after two Reno players were red carded. Next
Sunday Harbour View takes on Star Cosmos as both the Under
21’s and Premier League teams hunt valuable points at home.
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